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Re:Designing a Home Radio Telescope for 21 Cm Emission by staplung on Monday November 04, 2024 @10:09PM (#42048255)
> (can amateurs pick up pulsars?)

In theory, yes but it's supposed to be pretty tricky. Since it looks like you're up for making antennas, maybe this is for you:

https://britastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SmallApertu...

Vela is the "brightest" pulsar but is only visible in the southern hemisphere. B0329+54 is the "brightest" in the northern hemisphere.

Optical astrophotography has stacking software. Radio astronomy has a counterpart in folding software.

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Re:Designing a Home Radio Telescope for 21 Cm Emission by bloopernova on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @10:19AM (#42052149)
Thank you for the link! A pulsar or something "noisy but distant" in space is my goal, I think. The idea of being able to listen to distant stars is mind blowing to me, just amazing stuff.
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